David wrestled with the core spiritual issue for us
if we are to be faithful to living within our God-given boundaries and limits:
Is God good and is God really sovereign? God is so staggering that, like David,
we can’t even imagine where he is going and what he is doing in and through our
lives. David accepted that his breadth of knowledge was too narrow to perceive
God’s intent. Only time would strip away his shallow understandings of what was
going on and why God said no to his plans. God was painting on a vast canvas
over a long period of time. Only in eternity would he understand. Meanwhile,
David, like us, was to be faithful to his God-given limits and prepare the
materials for Solomon, his son, to build the temple in the next generation.
That required a radical faith and trust in God. In the same way, people in
emotionally healthy churches trust in God’s goodness by receiving his limits as
gifts and expressions of his love. At times this involves grieving the loss of
dreams and expectations we may have for our lives, a reality that leads us to
the next principle of emotionally healthy disciples and churches: the ability
to embrace grief and loss.
I finished chapter 7 and chapter 8 praising God that
the Son of David did indeed build His temple and fills all our limits with
absolute sufficiency and total love!
Take it away ISAIAH!!! -- And he will be
called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of
the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign
on David’s throne and over his kingdom.
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